Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Watch! Swedish migrant rioters set cars ablaze

Swedish police officers were last night forced to fire live
ammunition at mobs of masked rioters that hurled stones at them in the Stockholm district of Rinkeby.
The vicious attacks in the migrant-dominated neighbourhood followed the
attempted arrest of a wanted criminal. Only eight days ago, similar
worrying skirmishes took place in Rinkeby.
The authorities had initially reported on “warning shots being
fired”, but a few hours ago, police stated that the officers actually
tried to hit the stone-throwers, daily Aftonbladet reports. According to police, none of the attackers was hit by the officers’ bullets.
During this night’s riots, that lasted several hours, Rinkeby not
only witnessed assaults on police but cases of larceny were registered
as well. Furthermore, about a dozen cars have been set alight by the
local youths, that subsequently blocked roads in order to prevent fire
department units getting through. Shops were plundered and civilians
were beaten, some of whom were also robbed, but no arrests have been
made so far. Rinkeby is considered by many to be Sweden’s most
notorious no-go zone.
Yesterday’s violence started after police tried to arrest a wanted
person in Stockholm’s subway system. The situation escalated
quickly when “a large number” of onlookers started hurling stones at the officers. According to the detective in charge, Sylvia Odin, police “felt vulnerable” and the situation was described as “highly threatening.” Eventually, police had to withdraw from the scene.
Lars Bystrom, who is the spokesperson for Stockholm’s police, told Expressen TV
that eventually police even had to withdraw their patrols from the
scene and subsequently retreated to a gas station after one of the
officers was hit by a stone. Bystrom calls the attacks “planned and orchestrated.”

“A number of young men appeared at the location and
they started throwing stones at the police. We don’t know how many there
were.”

According to a witness, at least 30 persons were involved in the Rinkeby rioting.Previous ‘incident’ in the no-go zone
About one week ago, 3 police officers ended up in hospital after
being assaulted by some 30 Rinkeby youths. This attack as well started
in response to an attempted arrest of a gangster. Youngsters beat and kicked police constables, while stones and bottles were hurled at the officers of the law. The authorities then stated:“Of course it’s serious when police officers on duty are attacked
in this way. Unfortunately, this is the reality… for officers.”